Tupperware Photography & Red Ring Tinfoil (14)

Yeah, packaging is always the killer for us poor working stiffs.

Hey Jon...did you advance order tickets for the night session?

I was just walking around outside and spotted a nice patch of pink tulips about twenty feet from my apartment. I'm going to have to attack them...er, take some pics tomorrow.

Flahr

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KevinAldrich wrote in post #7829289
I was just walking around outside and spotted a nice patch of pink tulips about twenty feet from my apartment. I'm going to have to attack them...er, take some pics tomorrow.

Shoot 'em! That'll learn 'em!

Sweet, Wooly! Way to get the most minute detail in a narrow depth of field!

Definitely playing with some narrow DOF....Probably could have gone deeper on a few....but it was a fun shoot anyways. Thanks.

Woolburr wrote in post #7830361
Flahr

Fantastic shot Dan.

Thanks Greg...any big shoots on your horizon?

Photo tips from an "expert"...(he must be...red ring glass on a 1D series body)

1. Keep the sun to your back. This ensures the scene is always well lit.

2. Use a tripod. This will help eliminate blurry pictures due to movement as you hold the camera. If you don't have a tripod, use anything else you can to stabilize the camera, such as a stick, etc.

3. Squeeze the shutter release like you squeeze a rifle's trigger. This helps reduce blurry photos from camera shake.

4. Don't be afraid to turn your camera on a vertical axis. A scene may look better vertically than it does horizontally. Shoot both ways and experiment.

5. Centered is not always better. Sometimes the focus of an image looks better when it is not dead center in the frame. When photographing a moving subject, give the subject room to move in the direction it is heading. If a turkey is walking from left to right, give it more room on the right to walk into. This makes for a more pleasing composition than if the turkey was walking off of the frame.

6. Watch the background. Avoid putting power lines, telephone poles, etc. into the background. Make sure no foreign objects look like they're growing out of your subject's head or body.

7. Get close to your subject. When photographing people, focus on their eyes or face.

8. Try to shoot in the early morning or late afternoon, if possible. The sun casts a softer, warmer light during these hours that looks great in photos.

9. Encourage people to smile. Chat with your subjects and get them to loosen up and show pleasant facial expressions. A portrait of nothing but straight faces is uninviting.

10. Take lots of photos. Practice makes perfect, and the more photos you shoot, the more fun you'll have and the faster you'll learn. Remember, you can make as many mistakes as you want with a digital camera and not waste any film.

Woolburr wrote in post #7830389
Thanks Greg...any big shoots on your horizon?

maybe, shoot this Sunday (if it's still on) pre-wedding photos for friends of my grandmother - I'm not covering the wedding just some casual shots before the event. Monday I'm shooting a volleyball comp - do this one every year just for the experience. Last year many people asked where they could by my shots but I'm just not setup as an event shooter or even inclined to do this for money. There will be a few other DSLR users but nobody paid to cover the event.

Woolburr wrote in post #7830407
Photo tips from an "expert"...(he must be...red ring glass on a 1D series body)

1. Keep the sun to your back. This ensures the scene is always well lit.

2. Use a tripod. This will help eliminate blurry pictures due to movement as you hold the camera. If you don't have a tripod, use anything else you can to stabilize the camera, such as a stick, etc.

3. Squeeze the shutter release like you squeeze a rifle's trigger. This helps reduce blurry photos from camera shake.

4. Don't be afraid to turn your camera on a vertical axis. A scene may look better vertically than it does horizontally. Shoot both ways and experiment.

5. Centered is not always better. Sometimes the focus of an image looks better when it is not dead center in the frame. When photographing a moving subject, give the subject room to move in the direction it is heading. If a turkey is walking from left to right, give it more room on the right to walk into. This makes for a more pleasing composition than if the turkey was walking off of the frame.

6. Watch the background. Avoid putting power lines, telephone poles, etc. into the background. Make sure no foreign objects look like they're growing out of your subject's head or body.

7. Get close to your subject. When photographing people, focus on their eyes or face.

8. Try to shoot in the early morning or late afternoon, if possible. The sun casts a softer, warmer light during these hours that looks great in photos.

9. Encourage people to smile. Chat with your subjects and get them to loosen up and show pleasant facial expressions. A portrait of nothing but straight faces is uninviting.

10. Take lots of photos. Practice makes perfect, and the more photos you shoot, the more fun you'll have and the faster you'll learn. Remember, you can make as many mistakes as you want with a digital camera and not waste any film.

These 10 things are some of the best advice you can get.

You need a smugmug or zenfolio account...easy to sell prints without getting your hands dirty at all...

Woolburr wrote in post #7830485
You need a smugmug or zenfolio account...easy to sell prints without getting your hands dirty at all...

I could use my RedBubble account. http://www.redbubble.c​om/people/Steadyhand

I don't spend much time on RB from a forum point of view, the interface just seems to lack something compared to vBulletin. They are slowly adding features.

This is not work safe...but this is from the Chief's back yard....musicfest crowds still know how to get stupid.
http://vimeo.com/42733​63

11 tips for street shooters.
http://blog.epicedits.​com …andid-street-photography/